When you think about blenders, you probably think of making smoothies, sauces, and the occasional soup.
But blenders can do so much more! We rounded up 14 unexpected (but totally delicious) things you can make in your blender — from silky hollandaise sauce to homemade coconut butter — so you can get the most of the endlessly useful kitchen appliance.
1. Make homemade nut butters using just two ingredients.
2. Make homemade coconut butter by blending up shredded coconut flakes until they get nice and creamy.
3. Make your own mayonnaise within a matter of seconds.
4. Make your own almond milk instead of purchasing it at the grocery store every week.
5. Make herb-infused oils that are perfect for drizzling over salads, pastas, and bread.
6. Make DIY almond flour that's perfect for gluten-free baking.
7. Make the smoothest hummus ever.
8. Make foolproof hollandaise sauce that never breaks.
9. Make a creamy homemade ice cream using frozen bananas, cocoa powder, and almond butter.
10. Quickly and easily make muffin batter.
11. Make fuss-free lemonade by combining whole chunks of unpeeled lemon pieces in a blender with water and sugar, then straining out the solids.
12. Make pancake batter by quickly blitzing up all of the ingredients and pouring it right out of the blender.
13. Make homemade Nutella with just hazelnuts and chocolate chips.
14. Make your own powdered sugar using cornstarch and granulated sugar.
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